A lovely tea last night with many further congratulating from the enthusiastic staff with champagne and roses delivered to our table. An 8am start for our first game drive in lake manyara game park. A small area of built up foliage leading to the open plain surrounding the lake. We saw many baboon, monkey and a large group of hippo out of the water in the day a common sight here apparently but as a rule unusual. There were also different antelope and large po...

What a day! We slept in until 1015 and almost missed bfast. A bit of sun bathing next to the pool, lunch then we met our safari driver Alfred and our two fellow travellers romi and Jenny who are lovely. A two hour drive to lake manyara took us past many Masai, the local tribe who adjourn themselves In bright red. They herd cattle across the area, and our attention was Drawn to young Masai with their faces painted black and White. Alfred told us they were 14 y...